Vigilante

R

Released Jan 12, 1983

1h 30m

Crime

Drama

List

20%

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5 Reviews

69%

Audience Score

1,000+ Ratings

An outraged family man (Robert Forster) joins a co-worker's (Fred Williamson) vigilantes against a New York street gang.

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Dennis Schwartz

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A restrained film that has its entertaining moments.

Rated: B-

Jun 26, 2015

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Walter Chaw

Film Freak Central

There's a certain laudable doggedness in its creation, I guess

Rated: 1.5/4

Apr 15, 2011

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David Nusair

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A typically inept effort from William Lustig...

Rated: 1/4

Nov 5, 2010

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James Kendrick

Q Network Film Desk

jets past moral qualms and cuts right into our most feverish sense of righteousness

Rated: 2.5/4

Sep 22, 2010

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Emanuel Levy

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Rated: 2/5

Oct 1, 2005

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SpontaneousWeasel

While there is a fascinating and terrifying sense of reality to what is shown, the quality of acting, choreography, cinematography and soundtrack have aged poorly are functional at best and often times forgettable. Very little stood out from its contemporaries in this vastly over saturated genre.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

07/23/23

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brad p

Vigilante functions well as both a hard-hitting revenge picture and a portrait of a man dealing with extreme grief, though it mostly succeeds with the former.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

This is up there with the best Death Wish movies. A fun, gritty, pulpy action thriller, with an awesome score. I love the way Williamson is implemented into this, as a kind of Vigilante recruiter.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/11/21

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Audience Member

Vigilante is an entertaining non-stop action revenge thriller with two incredible independent actors.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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kevin c

Sure this is basically a Death Wish ripoff, but when it's done as well as it is it ceases to become said ripoff and graduates to its own thing. Robert Forster plays the lead in which during a home invasion attack by a gang of ne'er do wells, his wife is brutally attacked and their son killed. When justice fails, he takes it upon himself to dole out his own. Fred Williamson co stars as well in this film directed by William Lustig. Do yourself a favour and pick up the beautiful 4K transfer from Blue Underground.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Vigilante is absolutely the better version of Charles Bronson's Death Wish and it's really an entertaining grindhouse action film a true independent cult classic and with really outstanding cast by Fred Williamson and Robert Forster RIP.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/26/20

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Synopsis

An outraged family man (Robert Forster) joins a co-worker's (Fred Williamson) vigilantes against a New York street gang.

Director: William Lustig
Producer: Andrew W. Garroni, William Lustig
Production Co: Magnum Motion Pictures Inc.
Rating: R
Genre: Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 12, 1983, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 10, 2016
Runtime: 1h 30m
Sound Mix: Surround

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